Transferability of habitat suitability models for nesting woodpeckers associated with wildfire

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关键词: disturbance-associated woodpeckers;    Black-backed Woodpecker;    habitat suitability model;    Lewis's Woodpecker;    Picoides arcticus;    Melanerpes lewis;    breeding habitat;    model transferability;    predictive performance;    wildfire;    forest management;    salvage logging;   

DOI  :  10.1650/CONDOR-16-86.1

学科分类：动物科学

来源: Central Ornithology Publication Office

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT Following wildfire, forest managers are challenged with meeting both socioeconomic demands (e.g., salvage logging) and mandates requiring habitat conservation for disturbance-associated wildlife (e.g., woodpeckers). Habitat suitability models for nesting woodpeckers can be informative, but tests of model transferability are needed to understand how broadly models developed at one location can be applied to inform post-fire forest management at other locations. We developed habitat suitability models and tested their transferability for 2 disturbance-associated woodpecker species, Black-backed (Picoides arcticus) and Lewis's (Melanerpes lewis) woodpecker. Habitat suitability models consisted of weighted logistic regression models comparing environmental conditions at nest versus non-nest sites. We developed models at each of 3 wildfire locations in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, and then examined predictive performance for each model at alternate (“application”) locations. Models generally discrim...

【 授权许可】

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